Legal & Compliance Officer

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• Moka
• Not disclosed
• Posted Jul 29, 2026
• Closing 28/08/2026
• Legal
• Legal Officer
• Compliance Officer
• Legal Compliance
• Regulatory Officer

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• Job Description
• The role combines Legal & Litigation coordination with Compliance
• oversight, including acting as the Data Protection Officer (DPO), ensuring that

risks are identified early and escalated appropriately.

What you will be doing:

• Legal & Litigation Management
• Liaise
• with Ciel Legal Team and external counsel on all litigation and legal
• matters
• Build and
• maintain structured litigation files (chronology, documents, evidence)
• Monitor
• ongoing cases, timelines, risks, and legal exposure
• Coordinate
• responses to legal complaints to minimise litigation risk
• Contract & Legal Risk Management
• Review,
• draft, and vet contracts, SLAs, MOUs, and agreements
• Ensure
• proper legal clauses (liability, indemnity, termination, dispute
• resolution)
• Provide
• guidance on contractual risks and obligations
• Vet
• internal documents with legal implications
• Complaint Handling (Legal Perspective)
• Review
• complaints with potential legal exposure
• Guide
• responses to avoid legal admissions or escalation
• Support
• teams in managing sensitive cases
• Regulatory & Compliance Oversight
• Identify
• and interpret applicable laws and regulations affecting hospital
• operations
• Maintain
• a Compliance Obligations Register
• Define
• what compliance means in practical terms for each function
• Ensure
• legal requirements are translated into organisational expectations
• Compliance Monitoring & Assurance
• Develop
• and implement a structured compliance monitoring plan
• Conduct
• independent compliance checks (not operational audits)
• Verify
• that controls exist and are functioning across departments
• Provide
• compliance assurance reports to management
• Escalation & Governance
• Identify
• and escalate compliance gaps and risks to EXCO
• Track
• corrective actions and ensure closure
• Highlight
• trends, repeat issues, and regulatory exposure
• Data Protection Officer (DPO) Responsibilities
• Act as
• DPO in accordance with Mauritian law
• Monitor
• compliance with data protection requirements across the organisation
• Advise on
• lawful processing, retention, access, and data sharing
• Oversee
• DPIAs and data protection governance
• Manage
• data breach assessment and notification processes
• Maintain
• breach registers and monitor trends
• Act as
• contact point with the Data Protection Commissioner
• Develop
• and deliver data protection awareness and training programmes across the
• organisation
• Ensure
• all relevant staff receive appropriate training based on their roles
• (clinical, administrative, IT, etc.)
• Maintain
• records of data protection training, attendance, and completion for audit
• and regulatory purposes
• Advisory Role (Non-Operational)
• Advise on
• legal and compliance implications of new projects and systems
• Support
• compliance-by-design in new initiatives
• Provide
• guidance without owning operational delivery

What are we looking for:

• Bachelor’s
• degree in Law, Business Law, Compliance, or related field
• Additional
• certification in Compliance, Risk, or Data Protection is an advantage
• Minimum
• 3–5 years’ experience in legal, compliance, audit, or governance roles
• Experience
• in healthcare or regulated environment is a strong advantage
• Exposure
• to contract management, complaints handling, or litigation coordination
• Practical

experience in data protection / privacy frameworks preferred.

• Good
• understanding of Mauritian legal and regulatory environment, Data
• Protection Act and privacy principles, Contract law and legal
• documentation and Compliance monitoring and governance frameworks
• Ability
• to interpret legal requirements into practical actions, review contracts
• and identify key risks, conduct structured compliance checks and maintain
• registers and documentation (compliance, litigation, data protection)
• Professional
• certifications in Compliance or Data Protection are an added advantage
• Strong
• integrity, attention to detail, and structured approach
• Ability
• to challenge constructively and escalate appropriately
• Attention
• to detail and structured thinking
• Clear
• communication (able to explain legal concepts in simple terms)
• Discretion
• and confidentiality
• Proactive
• and solution-oriented mindset

Location:

• C-Care Corporate Office, Moka, Mauritius
• Management reserves
• the right to call only the best candidates for an interview. If you have not
• received any communication after the deadline, feel free to call us for any

query.